HOLDERS Pudsey Congs and 2013 winners Hanging Heaton have been drawn together in the second round of the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup.They will meet at Bennett Lane on Sunday, May 10, when two other JCT600 Bradford League clubs will have home advantage
DOUGHTY defence and a potency in attack gave Old Otliensians a 22-14 second-round victory at Bradford Salem Seconds in the Spray Plant (UK) Ltd Aire-Wharfe Cup.Salem, inspired by prop Jordan Ashworth, were held up over the line an astonishing SIX times
A COVER version of the anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ that has been recorded to raise money for the Bradford Burns Unit will be played at Valley Parade tomorrow. The track, which features stars such as the Chuckle Brothers, Billy Pearce and Black
A SPECIAL edition of the City Gent fanzine, featuring poignant articles by people who experienced the Bradford fire disaster, will be on sale at Valley Parade tomorrow. Editor Mike Harrison (pictured) hopes sales of the issue – which is the 200th
IF you ever ponder how to make the country more “democratic and accountable”, do you think of devolving powers away from London to this region? Or do you focus on the rights of Scottish MPs to vote on matters – health, education and, very soon,
AN ILLEGAL immigrant used false passports and references to get a hospital job in Bradford, a court heard.David Oyeniyi, 35, was paid almost £60,000 over four years, working as a cleaning services assistant, Bradford Crown Court was told.Nigerian-born
PETER Jackson feels it is time for the whole nation to unite and pay its respect to the 56 fans who lost their lives in the Bradford fire disaster.It has since been described as "the forgotten disaster" but, says Jackson, whatever the reasons
A TERRORIST sympathiser in Bradford has been jailed for 18 months for posting links to an Islamic State (IS) magazine on his Facebook page.Hassan Munir, 27, of Lynton Avenue, Heaton, posted a link to Dabiq 4, a propaganda magazine produced by the extremist
THREE men, including a pensioner, have been sentenced to up to ten years in prison in Ireland for their roles in a calamitous £200 million transatlantic cocaine smuggling plot which descended into starvation, drought and drug abuse.John Powell, 70, of
RIKKI Sheriffe has agreed to join Cougars on a permanent basis after negotiating a release from Halifax. The former Bulls winger had spent time on loan at Cougar Park this season, scoring three tries in three appearances, before being recalled
SIR Ken Morrison and his family saw their fortune reduce by £167 million last year as the supermarket which bears his name slumped to a £792 million loss. The resultant fall in Morrisons share price reduced the value of the family holdings to £283
A JURY today found a man not guilty of raping a young girl a decade ago. Liam Bacon, 22, (pictured) faced four counts of rape in Bradford between 2004 and 2006. The jury of seven women and four men found Mr Bacon not guilty of all charges at
STEVE Crossley is set to feature against Doncaster on Sunday after being named in the Bulls’ 19-man squad for the Keepmoat Stadium clash. The Bradford-born prop has rejoined his hometown club from Castleford on a deal until the end of 2016 and
A pensioner from Silsden has been jailed for 10 years and a man from Bradford for eight years for their roles in a botched £200 million transatlantic cocaine-smuggling plot. John Powell, 70, was handed 10 years for skippering a yacht intercepted
BRADFORD Literature Festival pays tribute to the Brontes with a series of events, including a quiz, heritage trail and beginners’ guide. As the world now knows, the Bronte sisters were much more than the daughters of a country clergyman. Like their
THE founder and former principal of a flagship free school in Bradford and two former staff members will go on trial next year accused of fraud.Sajid Hussain Raza, 42, former head of department Shabana Hussain, 38, and former director of finance Daud
WHENEVER Claire Sweeney and her pals discussed bad date experiences, they’d invariably end up in fits of laughter. And it was that laughter that sowed the seeds for her latest show, Sex in Suburbia. “We’d tell each about our appallingly bad
MIKRON Theatre Company has joined forces with the National Federation of Women’s Institutes to celebrate 100 years of the WI. Raising Agents (pictured) will be hosted by Gomersal WI and performed at the BBG Academy in Birkenshaw on Saturday, May
A WINNING run for punters and the introduction of new taxes left Ladbrokes nursing a sharp fall in quarterly profits . The UK’s second biggest betting firm said earnings in the three months to March 31 fell 22.3 per cent to £14.3 million after
TE acclaimed Musica Lirica Opera company and orchestra will perform Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow at Bingley Arts Centre this summer. The musical is set in turn of the century Paris at the time of the Belle Epoque. The Grand Duchy of Pontevedro
A MURDER mystery unfolding behind the scenes of a 1930s boutique is the latest production from Keighley Playhouse. There’s a motive for murder in Death in High Heels, a play adapted from a 1930s novel about bitter rivals in a women’s fashion shop
JOB losses have not been ruled out at Saltaire-based TV set top box maker Pace plc as it prepares to be swallowed up by a US-based technology giant this year. Pace currently has its global headquarters in Salts Mill where it employs around 400
RETAILERS are being invited to create a magical window display as Ilkley Carnival announces its Fantasy and Fiction-themed shop window competition. Counting down to this year’s May Day event, the competition will offer traders the chance to win
A GROUP set up to restore a historic steamroller is presenting a talk entitled Transport and Steam. It is the latest in a series of events organised by the Friends of Pudsey Roller, who are raising £30,000 to repair the steamroller, which stood
A DAD is stunned to have become a Youtube sensation after posting a comedy song about Keighley online. James Reed, 28, wrote, sang and accompanied his creation, called Keighley Town Comedy Song, last month. It has now had more than 24,000 views
A GROUP of businessmen have completed the latest stage of a mountainous challenge in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The adventurers aim to conquer the 12 highest peaks in the UK and Ireland, tackling one a month. They labelled the walk society
LIMEHOUSE Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive and hitting stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to former Thin Lizzy guitarist and solo artist Gary Moore. Regarded
FOLK hero Mike Harding presents an evening of poetry in Bradford next month. With a resume that reads folk singer and songwriter, poet and playwright, comedian and broadcaster, fell-walker and fly-fisherman, it’s hard to pigeon-hole Mike Harding
FIVE bands put on a show in Haworth as part of an ongoing campaign to save or restore public services in the village. A line-up including Justin Sullivan and Dean White from New Model Army, Skeletal Family, Indianic, Foxes Faux and soloist Rosa
A NEW musical show about Judy Garland sweeps into the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford for two nights next month. The Songbook of Judy Garland starts on Monday, May 18, and is directed by Christopher Manoe with artistic direction from celebrated choreographer
THE next Baildon Farmers Market takes place tomorrow, Saturday, with organisers hoping theis week’s run of fine weather continues. The market will include seasonal food, with guest stalls, including continental treats from Lol’s Deli, rose veal
VIKING warriors, birds of prey and a troop from the Home Guard will be visiting Bradford Industrial Museum next month. The Grand Day Out event on Bank Holiday Monday, May 4, will involve several different historical eras coming to life. There will
BLUEBELL lovers should head for Low Wood, just north of Keighley, which Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has named as an oasis for wildlife and the perfect setting for a spring walk. The secluded spot is home to beautiful spring flower displays with carpets
BRADFORD’S Talking Telegraph newspaper is looking for volunteers. The city’s free weekly talking newspaper for visually impaired people, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, is looking to fill a variety of roles. A technician is needed
ACOUSTIC duo Winter Wilson are at Keighley’s Baccapipes Folk Club next week. Highly regarded for their fine original songs, striking harmonies and off-the-wall humour, Winter Wilson – vocalist and musician Kip Winter and guitarist Dave Winter –
BRADFORD Council has applied for a licence to provide entertainment and late night refreshments at a venue in Haworth. The application relates to Haworth Village Hall and Community Hub, formerly known as Haworth Community Centre. The licence
CHILD sexual exploitation, poverty, standards in schools, the cost of home care and the number of people killed on the roads – these were just some of the hard-hitting topics examined by the Council’s scrutiny committees in the past year. The authority
THE owners of the Black Hat pub in Ilkley have renamed their pub The Sir Gary Verity in the lead up to the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race which will pass through the town on Stage 3 on Sunday, May 3. Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire
OTLEY-based stationery manufacturer Sinclairs has bid a fond farewell to its long-serving production manager. Peter Nithsdale has retired after serving nearly 48 years with the company, which is one of the town’s largest employers. A farewell
MEMBERS of Bradford’s St David’s Society will be heading to Morley next month for the Yorkshire and the North East of England Welsh Hymn Singing Festival. The event at the Central Methodist Church in Wesley Street, Morley, is on Saturday, May 9
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON **** (12A, 141 mins) Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Thomas
NORTHERN Powergrid, the company responsible for running Yorkshire’s electricity network, is creating a new generation of energy industry engineers with opportunities for Bradfordians. The company is looking for 30 people to join its 2015 Graduate
DAPHNE du Maurier’s classic mystery Rebecca is coming to the stage in Bradford. The production, presented by Kneehigh Theatre, will be at the Alhambra Theatre from October 5 to 10. Award-winning director Emma Rice has adapted the classic novel
ALMOST 80 staff could be made redundant by Bradford College due to newly announced efficiency savings, a union warned today. The college confirmed it is holding meetings with staff to discuss redundancies in light of what it describes as "significant
AN Ilkley couple have celebrated their diamond wedding with a party for family and friends. Joyce and Leonard William Hudson (pictured) celebrated with 50 of their family and friends. They received a greetings card from the Queen. The couple
MOST heavy lorries will soon be banned from using the narrow main street of Laycock as a rat run. A traffic regulation order approved by Keighley Area Committee is expected to be operational within weeks. The action by the Bradford Council
TRAINING programmes offered at Bradford Council increasingly need to offer real benefits not just to staff, but to service users, a new report says. Council staff have completed nearly 10,000 separate training courses in the past year, according
SWORDS and shields shone in the sunshine and young damsels danced with dragons at the St George’s Day grand opening of a village primary school’s new outdoor learning area. And the open air classroom built with a castle theme at Oldfield Primary
SPECIAL guests including an aptly-named new Citroen car will be at the Bradford branch of the British Cactus and Succulents Society’s 70th anniversary gathering at Wilsden village hall on Saturday. Some 60 guests including nationally-renowned speakers
A MEETING for peace and reconciliation takes place in Keighley next week. My Faith-Your Faith is the theme for the gathering, at the Madina Mosque, Spencer Street, from 7pm to 8pm on Wednesday (Apr 29). “The meeting will provide an opportunity
SPRING, and a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of... well, politics, really. There’s a General Election in a couple of weeks, don’t you know, which apparently now means that everybody goes out and votes for their favourite political party, only
SIR – The coalition government has reduced the deficit by half, so now the UK only borrows half what it used to do, however the national debt has increased to £1.4 trillion. The real horror story is the expanding debt-only interest payments, which
SIR – In their newly-published manifesto, the Conservatives have revealed they plan to ‘examine’ whether people with mental health, drug or alcohol problems should be compelled to seek and receive treatment. It was reported in the press that 60
SIR – The manifestos in this election show a dangerous myth – that welfare reform can be ‘safe’ if it’s targeted at the young. The appearance of young people at food banks tells us that this simply isn’t true. Barnardo’s want to see the political
SIR – During the General Election campaign not a single day has gone by when Ed Miliband or a member of his shadow cabinet has not raised the matter of zero hours contacts. Such remarks are regularly reported in the T&A. The BBC run Daily Politics
SIR – David Hornsby and John Hall would be more accurate if they were to accept that the NHS was merely implemented by the Socialist Government of 1945. I remember the Bradford Grammar School Speech Day of 1944 which was held in Eastbrook Hall.
SIR – At this delicate time in our country’s recovery from the excesses of the previous Labour administration, we simply cannot afford to hand control back to proven failures That previous government was happy, through Ed Miliband, to increase energy
CYCLISTS from the Bradford district are being urged to help heart health by taking take part in the British Heart Foundation’s inaugural Ride of the Roses on Saturday, September 12. Ride of the Roses will start in the historic city of Lancaster
FIVE people have been bailed pending further enquiries following a disturbance in a Bradford street. Police were called to Toller Lane shortly after 1.15pm yesterday after reports of an altercation. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman yesterday
ALMOST £7,000 has been awarded to a voluntary group in Calderdale to help them stage an array of events celebrating the Tour de Yorkshire next month. A cycling stunt show, songwriting workshops and a community picnic are just some of the exciting
WE ARE supposed to be a nation of animal lovers. Yet according to the national animal charity, the RSPCA, animal cruelty is on the increase with 159,831 complaints being investigated in 2014 compared to 153,770 in 2013. One in eight of the
THE proposed conversion of part of a restaurant car park into a car wash has been given the go ahead by planners, who say it will bring much needed new business to the area. Ashiana Restaurant at 48 Tong Street, in Dudley Hill, has a car park area
FOUR men were arrested and suspected drugs and cash seized when armed police swooped on a quiet Bradford cul de sac during an afternoon raid. The dramatic raid took place on Clay Hill Drive in Wyke shortly after lunch yesterday, and resulted in
CYCLISTS in Bradford are being encouraged to put their pedal power into gear to raise cash for charity. The Acorn charity, supporting people with dementia and their carers, is hosting its 100k sponsored bike ride challenge on Saturday, May 9.
A 33-YEAR-OLD man was threatened with a metal bar by three men in a robbery in his Cleckheaton home. The man was assaulted at his home in Balme Road at around 11.45pm on Wednesday. The men stole a small amount of cash. Detective Constable
25 years ago: A 49 year-old Bradford woman underwent a life-saving operation in a Leeds hospital in which a US-made steel tube - 3cm long and 8mm in diameter - was inserted into an artery leading to her kidneys, the first time the operation had been
IT is, of course, of the utmost importance that all cars and vehicles using our highways are up to scratch for roadworthiness at all times – and that is especially true of taxis and cabs. These vehicles are on the road more than most, ferrying
AN APPEAL against enforcement action over unauthorised dormer windows with brown UPVC cladding to the front of a home in Shipley has been dismissed. The owners of the chalet bungalow built on land at 11 Redburn Drive will now need to remove the
A DAY of action to address issues of anti-social behaviour on a city centre street saw businesses advised how they can help reduce such incidents. Officers from Bradford West Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out the operation on Southbrook Terrace
PEOPLE who want to have their say on how local transport networks are developed have just a few more days to do so. The deadline for the public consultation of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Single Transport Plan is Thursday, April 30.
THRILL-SEEKERS will slide down a Bradford city centre street on a giant water slide to raise funds tomorrow. The RNLI’s Slipway Slide event (pictured) will see 360 daredevils brave the 100-metre-long water slide, which will be set up in Darley
AN INQUEST is due to resume today into the death of an Ingrow woman pulled from the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Veselinka Rawlinson, 57, of Halifax Road, was found in the water at Saltaire on Sunday, October 12, last year and died at Bradford Royal
RESIDENTS of the Spen Valley area have been warned to make sure their doors are locked after a spate of burglaries from unlocked houses. Seven properties in the Birstall and Heckmondwike area have been burgled in the last fortnight due to being
A FACTORY branded an eyesore can be pulled down and replaced with a new budget supermarket, a planning committee has decided. The former base of Seabrook Crisps in Allerton has been vacant since 2004 and suffered a major blaze last May. Yesterday
JAMIE Hanley, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Pudsey, joined the four candidates for Leeds City Council from each of the Pudsey wards as they submitted their nomination papers. Richard Lewis, Labour council candidate for Pudsey, John Bracken
GEORGE Galloway told a television news channel he would run for Mayor of London if he failed to be re-elected as Bradford West MP, but later accused the channel of “a bit of mischief”. Sky News ran a story yesterday in which Mr Galloway said on
KEIGHLEY Tory parliamentary candidate Kris Hopkins says he is “shocked but not surprised” at comments made by the Scottish National Party’s former leader at a fundraising event. Alex Salmond was caught on film quipping that he would be writing
BRADFORD Cathedral will host an evening of prayer and reflection for persecuted Christians and other minorities. The event is on Sunday, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, and is open to anyone in the city. Participants will be able to spend time in prayer
MORE than £4,000 has been awarded in grants to community groups in Bradford South through the community chest grants programme. A meeting of the grants panel agreed funding for organisations including a new group on Scholemoor Estate, who are bringing
FIRE crews from multiple stations spent several hours battling a moorland blaze yesterday afternoon and well into the evening. The fire took hold of land at Snowfield Farm in Silsden shortly after 5pm, and led to engines being sent from Silsden
A CHARITY bike ride has raised more than £2,000 for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. The group of fundraisers called at 20 mosques across the district on Sunday, gathering money for the appeal, in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. One of the organisers
BRADFORD’S new Bishop visited Keighley’s world-famous Timothy Taylor’s brewery on a scorching hot spring day... and never touched a drop. Bishop Toby Howarth was staying as a guest of the Keighley Deanery as part of his plan to taste life across
WHEN cycling stars line up for the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire next Friday, Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead will be hundreds of miles from her Otley hometown.The 26-year-old’s hectic schedule means she will miss out on taking part in the county
CITY kitman John Duckworth will be putting his best foot forward once again when he embarks on his latest charity walk to Valley Parade at midday.Duckworth and a team of volunteers are covering the 73.6 mile route from Lincoln’s Sincil Bank in aid of
BARNSLEY are braced for a major summer shake-up as boss Lee Johnson threatens to get “ruthless”.Johnson predicts considerable upheaval at a club that have underachieved since dropping out of the Championship a year ago.The Tykes arrive at Valley Parade
FARSLEY’S season will not end with tomorrow’s last round of league matches as they still have the League Cup final to look forward to but they would have traded that for a place in the play-offs. Neil Parsley’s men journey to Preston to take on
LISTERHILLS AAThe first of the Saturday series of open canal matches was fished at Rodley. Fish proved difficult to tempt, roach making up most of the catches. All competitors caught but a few did not weigh in. Result: 1 E Harrison (Leeds Angling Centre
WHATEVER the future may hold at Valley Parade, Andrew Davies wants to be part of it.The defensive warrior is the biggest name on the out-of-contract list waiting to find out what happens next.As Phil Parkinson admitted yesterday, those discussions must
BRADFORD Park Avenue returned to winning ways in midweek and boss John Deacey is asking for just one more big effort from his squad as the curtain comes down on their season at North Ferriby United tomorrow.With their Vanarama Conference North status
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WHILE the margin of Cleckheaton's loss last Saturday was eye-catching – they went down by 164 runs at Bradford & Bingley – the fact that the JCT600 Bradford League champions had been beaten was not altogether surprising. They have won the title for the
AFTER gaining a creditable fifth place on their return to the top flight last season, Ilkley know it will be hard to build on that in what looks set to be a very competitive Aire-Wharfe League Division One.An opening-day defeat at newly-promoted Follifoot
OLYMPIC champion Alistair Brownlee will make his first World Series appearance of the season on Sunday in Cape Town. Alistair has missed the first three races with an ankle injury and returns with his younger brother Jonny at the top of the standings
PHIL Parkinson expects City to do justice to the memory of the fire victims in an emotional final game at Valley Parade tomorrow. The traditional minute’s silence for the 56 people who lost their lives will carry an added poignancy on the eve of
STEVE Crossley has made an emotional return to Odsal from Castleford and declared: “I’ve got unfinished business here.” The Bradford-born prop only joined the Tigers during the off-season but has struggled for regular game-time and was more than
AFTER a one-year absence, the Bradford Amateur Rugby League cup finals return to the Provident Stadium tomorrow.The main event, which adds to a tradition going back over 50 years at the iconic Odsal venue, is the Jack Senior Memorial Cup decider between
THE MUM of a 22-year-old man accused of raping a young girl while he babysat her a decade ago gave evidence at his trial yesterday.Joyce Clayton told Bradford Crown Court that she noticed nothing untoward when she went to the house where Liam Bacon, then
"NOBODY dies at football matches in fires. It doesn't happen. But at 3.40pm on May 11, 1985 a small fire broke out in the main stand during the final match of the season against Lincoln. Within four minutes the wooden structure was ablaze and 54
ROAD closure signs are springing up on stretches of the Tour de Yorkshire route ahead of it coming to Bradford district at the start of next month. Haworth, Laycock and Addingham and Ilkley will all have roads sealed off from 9am until as late
LONGER waits in Bradford’s A&E department show "the crisis the NHS is facing" under the Coalition, Labour has claimed. The Opposition said official figures revealed more than 30,000 patients waiting more than four hours to be seen across England
THE Bradford co-author of a report looking at the experiences of Muslim women in prison hopes it can be used as a benchmark for further research. Muslim Women in Prison - Second Chance, Fresh Horizons, is a pilot project looking at the issues and
CAMPAIGNERS trying to save Bingley swimming pool from closure and take over its running are working to form a formal action group.Bradford Council is to shut the site as part of a £40 million redesign of leisure facilities across the district which includes
A MAN who received a suspended jail sentence eight months ago, after pleading with a judge not to imprison him, was locked up yesterday.When he appeared before Bradford Crown Court last August, Aaron Coates, 20, told Judge Colin Burn that he had been
Guiseley boss Mark Bower could be without defender Danny Ellis as his team seek to return to winning ways at Oxford City before the play-offs begin. The Lions, who had already secured a top-five finish after beating Chorley 2-1 at home last Saturday
REPORTS of sexual offences in West Yorkshire have risen by more than 25 per cent in the last year, new figures show.This rise is in line with figures across England and Wales, with 80,262 incidents recorded in the year to the end of December last year
MORE than a third of cabs are still failing random vehicle checks more than two years after Bradford Council introduced short-notice inspections, it has emerged. A total of 44 out of 114 of these vehicles, or 39 per cent, failed the random inspections
A MANCHESTER United fan from Bradford saw his "dreams come true" when he got the chance to meet his footballing heroes this week. Mohsin Tanveer, 24, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, visited the club's training complex in Carrington
FAMILY and friends of Bradford campaigner Yvonne Hutchinson, whose life achievements included securing £3m to regenerate a rundown city estate, are to publish her edited memoirs as a lasting tribute.Black Sheep, re-calling the strifes and successes of
AN ANNUAL search to find star Incommunities tenants has begun for the 2015 competition which celebrates the type of people who are making a positive difference in their local community. The star awards aim to show how the social housing group's tenants
ONE of the country's top businesswomen has been appointed as the new chancellor for the University of Bradford.Kate Swann, an alumnus of the university and former CEO of WH Smith and managing director for Argos, was yesterday revealed as the successor
